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posted by CoolHand on Friday May 08 2015, @02:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the duck-and-cover dept.

The Russian spacecraft Progress M-27M, which attempted to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), faces fiery death on Friday:

A Russian spacecraft that has been out of control since launching last week will fall back to Earth and burn up on Friday, scientists say. The unmanned cargo ship was launched from Kazakhstan last Tuesday, but contact was lost with it soon afterwards. The spacecraft, carrying three tonnes of equipment, will disintegrate as it enters Earth's atmosphere.

The craft was spotted by the ISS days ago. This was the 150th launch of a Progress craft.

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by frojack on Friday May 08 2015, @02:28AM

    by frojack (1554) on Friday May 08 2015, @02:28AM (#180156) Journal

    According to this tracking page http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=40619#TOP [satflare.com] its already reentered over Tiara Del Fuego about 5 minutes before I posted this.

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  • (Score: 1) by deadstick on Friday May 08 2015, @02:00PM

    by deadstick (5110) on Friday May 08 2015, @02:00PM (#180311)

    Tiara Del Fuego

    Is that what Miss Spain wears in the Miss Universe pageant?

    • (Score: 2) by frojack on Friday May 08 2015, @08:40PM

      by frojack (1554) on Friday May 08 2015, @08:40PM (#180467) Journal

      I save my best spelling for people that pay me. :P

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